11 Indian firms suspended from exporting bird's nest by China

China's General Administration of Customs (GAC) recently unilaterally implemented a new standard for aluminum content (≤100mg/kg) in bird's nest products, resulting in the suspension of 11 Indonesian exporters from trading with China.Indonesia's Quarantine Department of the Ministry of Agriculture said the standard, which was not negotiated by both sides, would have caused the Indonesian bird's nest industry tomajor influenceThe
China is Indonesia's Bird's Nestlargest export marketIndonesia is pushing companies to expandUnited States, Australia, Viet Namand other alternative markets to reduce dependence on China. The Indonesian Quarantine Agency emphasized that it will insist on the adoption of thescientific assessmentDefending the rights and interests of bird's nest exports.